Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday called news of an airplane crash in Washington, D.C. that killed six people with ties to a Massachusetts figure skating club “devastating.”

The circulating bird flu has become “widespread” in Massachusetts, as officials believe the virus has killed 500 to 1,000 wild birds across the region.

A new fund is providing up to $5,000 to Boston families who have an immediate family member who died from an opioid overdose.

Two figure skating coaches, two teenage figure skaters, and the mothers of the skaters were on the plane when it collided with an Army helicopter.

Perez, a known MS-13 gang member, on drug and weapons charges a day after the agency says East Boston Municipal Court refused to honor its detainer request

BOSTON - An educational assessment known as "the Nation's Report Card " has Massachusetts students scoring higher than their peers on math and reading tests given to fourth and eighth graders nationwide in 2024. But a closer look at the data shows concerning trends in the state and across the country when it comes to post-pandemic learning.

Fourteen members of the U.S. Figure Skating team, six of whom are affiliated with the Skating Club of Boston, were on the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River.

The Skating Club of Boston lost two coaches, two young skaters and their two mothers in the deadly crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 in Washington, D.C.

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who won the pairs title at the 1994 world championships and competed at the Winter Olympics twice, were aboard the plane, officials said.

Many areas saw just a light dusting of snow Tuesday night into Wednesday, while part of Franklin County was hit with six inches.

The predominant precipitation type will be rain. However, there will be some snow before all is said and done.